Hans-Christoph Steiner

Hans-Christoph Steiner spends his time making private communications software usable by everyone, designing interactive software with a focus on human perceptual capabilities, building networks with free software, and composing music with computers. With an emphasis on collaboration, he has worked in many forms, including free software for mobile and embedded devices, responsive sound environments, free wireless networks that help build community, musical robots that listen, programming environments allow people to play with math, and a jet-powered fish that you can ride. To further his research, he teaches and works at various media art centers and organizes open, collaborative hacklabs and barcamp conferences. He is currently building encrypted, anonymous communications devices as part of the Guardian Project as well as teaching courses in interaction design and media programming NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program and workshops around the world.

His solo work has been performed at Tonic New York, inside the Croton Aqueduct, and inside the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel. Group projects that he has collaborated on have been exhibited at the Guggenheim New York, SFMOMA, Cartier Foundation, Lille2004 European Cultural Capitol Festival, Robodock, Wood Street Gallery, and strip malls around the New York City area. He has given talks at SRI, Eyebeam, Hangar/Barcelona, LocationOne, Zurich University of the Arts, and Geidai Tokyo National University, presenting a range of topics from art projects to music programming to intellectual property. His work has been covered by the BBC, New York Times, Wired News, Popular Science. Steiner received his Masters from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.

He is currently working on developing full-fledged visual programming platform and free, open-source media arts curricula and teachers' guides.

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Join X-Lab Resident and Debian NYC member Hans-Christoph Steiner for Novice Night, a series of Debian-NYC meetings for everyone.
This event is for you if: you would like to install Debian, help with an installation, help with configuring or making Debian do what you need. If you want to hang out with Debianistas to pick up tips and tricks, come on by. We can also provide some help with the Ubuntu derivative of Debian.

Join X-Lab Resident and Debian NYC member Hans-Christoph Steiner for Novice Night, a series of Debian-NYC meetings for everyone.
This event is for you if: you would like to install Debian, help with an installation, help with configuring or making Debian do what you need. If you want to hang out with Debianistas to pick up tips and tricks, come on by. We can also provide some help with the Ubuntu derivative of Debian.

Space Invaders is the final event in Eyebeam’s X-Lab Salon series, a program of thematic critical discussions taking place around an informal dining table.
Join Eyebeam on January 27 for Space Invaders, an evening of art + technology + food + conversation with fellows Kaho Abe and Aaron Meyers, and residents Aram Bartholl and Ted Southern. Over the course of the evening, guests learn more about new creative research from this stellar line-up, and are invited to share in a series of spacey edible delights.
Other Events in the X-Lab Salon Series:
November 9, 2010Surround Sounds: Jacob Ciocci, Tahir Hemphill, David Jimison

Artificial Intelligence is the second event in Eyebeam’s new X-Lab Salon series, a program of thematic critical discussions taking place around an informal dining table.
Join Eyebeam for Artificial Intelligence, an evening of art + technology + food + conversation with fellows Jon Cohrs and Brooke Singer, and resident Stefani Bardin. Over the course of the evening, guests will be invited to share in a series of edible delights.
Event at capacity! RSVP for January 11
Other Events in the X-Lab Salon Series: